[Msoadm] Strike Notices: AFSCME and UPTE, April 1

[Jonathan A Connolly]

Good morning,

Today we received the attached strike notices from AFSCME and UPTE.  Workers from the HX, TX, RX, EX, and SX units will strike for one day on Tuesday, April 1.  Please prepare for work stoppages and disruptions throughout campus. Please consider how essential services will be delivered in the event of work stoppages and inform us of any impact to services that need to be communicated to campus.  We will follow up with a business services communication in the coming days.

Any questions from employees about negotiations, union activities, and strike related activities should be directed to union representatives. Nothing prevents managers from engaging in normal conversations with employees concerning subjects unrelated to the strike or union membership.

Please document attendance. If any employee does not report to work as assigned, UC will presume - absent prior authorization or medical certification - that their work absence during a strike period is strike related. Employees' pay will be docked for absences during the strike unless the employee is on authorized leave or taking vacation approved prior to the strike by department management. Sick leave may not be used during this period unless employees submit a statement from a physician verifying they were medically unable to work on the days in question. If an employee calls in sick on the day of the strike, the supervisor should inform the employee they will need to provide a doctor's note confirming illness on that day. Requests for medical documentation cannot be requested after the employee returns to work. (Note: Approved family medical leave and disability accommodation absences remain in effect and additional documentation should not be requested.)

As is always the case, authorization for an absence from work (e.g., vacation leave or compensatory time) may or may not be granted, depending on operational necessity and without regard to the employee's reason for the requested leave.

During the strike, please report any violations of the University's Time, Place, and Manner policy<https://policyking.ucr.edu/home/policy/66cf77528d54f6db8c3cb3d9> to labor.relations at ucr.edu<mailto:labor.relations at ucr.edu>.  Please do not interfere with the strike, discourage striking or retaliate against striking workers, poll workers on their plans to strike, or surveil strike activities. Employee and Labor Relations will be on location during the strike to respond to any issues.

Please feel free to reach out to labor.relations at ucr.edu<mailto:labor.relations at ucr.edu> with any questions or concerns. If short-term contracting out is needed for EX or SX units, please contact Cassandra.Serrato at ucr.edu<mailto:Cassandra.Serrato at ucr.edu>.


Jonathan A. Connolly
Director of Employee and Labor Relations
UC Riverside

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